The Foreign Service Journal, April 2018

AFSA NEWS AFSAGoverning Board Meeting, February 21, 2018 Management Committee: It was moved and seconded that the Governing Board grant COO Russ Capps and Vice President Ken Kero-Mentz signing authority for AFSA. The motion was adopted. Awards and Plaques Committee: The committee provided the board with their recommendation for the recipient of the 2018 Lifetime Contributions to Ameri- can Diplomacy award. The committee’s recommenda- tion was accepted, and the selected recipient will be announced in a future issue of The Foreign Service Journal. New Business: It was moved that following the retire- ment of AFSA USAID Vice President Ann Posner, the Governing Board appoint Jeff Levine to complete her unfinished term. The motion was adopted. n 86 APRIL 2018 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL The Journal is currently accepting submis- sions for our Family Member Matters column. Articles should be approximately 700 words on any topic of interest to Foreign Service fam- ily members. We will consider both personal essays and researched articles, and we pay $200 upon publication. Please send your submissions to gorman@ afsa.org. n ANNOUNCEMENT ATTENT I ON FAMI LY MEMBERS : DO YOU HAVE A STORY TO TEL L? NEWS BRIEF USA I D VP RET I RES AFSA would like to thank outgoing USAID Vice President Ann Posner for her service, both to AFSA and to our country and the USAID mission. Ann retired at the end of March. The AFSA Governing Board has selected Jeff Levine, a 17-year veteran of USAID, to fill the vacancy. We will publish his biography in an upcoming edition of AFSA News. Thank you Ann, and welcome Jeff! n